A cat nuzzling against your leg or a dog resting its head on your lap can melt away the day’s stress. But what if a robot could do the same? Inspired by the gentle head-butting behavior of household ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The behavior of a cat rubbing its head against a person ... In this study, researchers developed a robot that mimics this bunting behavior and conducted experiments to assess ...

Apple robotics researchers built a playful and charming robot inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. desk lamp, and it's hard not to ...

Yukai Engineering debuted its Nékojita Cat FuFu at CES 2025. The portable robot cat sits on the rim of your mug or bowl and blows cold air to cool your drink or food down. Ever wanted a cat to ...

The area around the front of the robot is large enough for Loki to stick his head in, so he gets all his food. But cats' whiskers are sensitive and I can tell that he's not a huge fan of having to ...

The Litter-Robot detects when a cat has done their business and whisks ... no matter how small our place is. One setup head's-up: Give yourself an hour to properly set up a Litter-Robot.

If you live with cats or dogs who regularly leave a flurry of fur in their wake, a robot vacuum can take on some of the legwork to minimize how often you need to manually clean. We spoke with two ...

I can’t blame my parents for that one, scooping the litter box is by far the worst part about being a cat owner. Well, it was the worst thing, until I got a Litter Robot. When I was a kid ...